The Dark

"Your worst fear is your only hope"

2018 1h 35m EN

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6.1

MID

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89%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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5.6

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 220🍅89%Rotten Tomatoes●52Metacritic★5.6IMDB · 6,288

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Synopsis

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A murderous, flesh-eating undead young girl haunting the remote stretch of woods where she was murdered decades earlier, discovers a kidnapped and abused boy hiding in the trunk of one of her victim’s cars. Her decision to let the boy live throws her aggressively solitary existence into upheaval, and ultimately forces her to re-examine just how much of her humanity her murderer was able to destroy.

“Your worst fear is your only hope”

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Cast

Nadia Alexander
Mina
Toby Nichols
Alex
Karl Markovics
Josef Hofer
Margarethe Tiesel
Agnes
Dylan Trowbridge
Jason
Chris Farquhar
Jeff
Scott Beaudin
George
Dan Beirne
Officer Stevens

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Justin P. Lange
Writers: Justin P. Lange
Languages: English
Countries: Austria

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Justin P. Lange, shot by Klemens Hufnagl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Julia Drack shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Nadia Alexander and Toby Nichols and Karl Markovics carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Your worst fear is your only hope".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6832388 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Justin P. Lange directs. Klemens Hufnagl behind the camera. Julia Drack cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Austria. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 8 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Justin P. Lange, shot by Klemens Hufnagl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Julia Drack shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Nadia Alexander and Toby Nichols and Karl Markovics carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Your worst fear is your only hope".
7IMDB entry: tt6832388 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "friendship", "undead", "flashback", "zombie".

The technical file

Cinematography: Klemens Hufnagl
Editing: Julia Drack
Production design: Danielle Sahota
Costume design: Hanna Puley
Makeup / hair: Marissa Clemence
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Dark (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 52/100
IMDB rating: 5.6/10 · 6,288 votes

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations

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Wiccaburr2020-10-06
★ 7/10
This is definitely an interesting movie that plays with drama, empathy, and horror. The story plays out well as it makes the backstory of Mina, the undead girl, the main thread that goes through what happens in the present with the boy she encounter, named Alex. There are some decent effects in this movie and the setting definitely give you that feeling of darkness between both characters. It doesn't get slow paced all that much or even losing of interest. It will give you that sense of something supernatural is linked to Mina and her struggle to get her humanity back that she might have to give up. It definitely give you the tones of abuse and loss of one's humanity. Even though it plays more to the empathy and drama than it does the horror, that shouldn't stop you from watching this movie if you have watched such movies that looks into the making of a person turned into a "monster" or urban legend.

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